Emmanuel Macron’s party changes name

The party of French President Emmanuel Macron is to be called Renaissance in the future, i.e. rebirth, and to merge with two small partner parties. Finally, it will be discussed at a party meeting on Saturday evening (8 p.m.) in Paris.

The party founded by Macron in 2016 was previously called La République en Marche (LREM), which means “The Republic in Motion”. The middle party should now be renewed and expanded, it said. As part of the name change, the small partners Agir and Territoire de Progrès are also to be integrated into the party. The party already used the name Renaissance for its list in the 2019 European elections.